Sidney Colvin
British literary critic
Sir Sidney Colvin was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson. Wikipedia
Born: June 18, 1845, West Norwood, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 11, 1927 (age 81 years), Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Bazett David Colvin and Mary Steuart Bayley
Spouse: Frances Sitwell (m. 1903; died 1924)
Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family.
Sidney Colvin was appointed Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge at the early age of twenty seven, at a time when Ruskin held the Slade Chair at Oxford.
Professor of Art History and Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Contributing Editor to Art Forum, Sculpture, and others. Editor of Art ...
First director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge University; British Museum Keeper of Prints and Drawings (1883-1912). Colvin was the son of Bazett Da.
Sir Sidney Colvin. (1845-1927), Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. Sitter in 7 portraits. Sidney Colvin was a literary and art critic.
Art critic and writer, particularly for 'The Portfolio' and 'The Fortnightly Review'; Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1876–83; then Keeper of Prints and ...
(1845–1927). After establishing himself as an art critic, Sidney Colvin turned to his love of literature and became a notable literary biographer.
Sir Sidney Colvin (1845 - 1927) ... Historian of art and literature, museum administrator, in London. Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1876-1884; ...
Sir Sidney Colvin. Header: Sir Sidney Colvin. Also known as: Sir Sidney Colvin: primary name: Colvin, Sidney. Details: individual; curator; academic ...
Aug 3, 2023 ˇ British art and literary scholar and museum administrator; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Cambridge; director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge